archiveJune 6, 2023

  The Federal Government said on Tuesday that ongoing rehabilitation of the Apapa-bound lane of the Marine Bridge near Ijora that collapsed in May would be completed in July. It would be recalled that the deck-on-pile bridge caved in and was shut down on May 17 after investigations revealed that...

The Federal Government through the Attorney-General of the Federation has charged the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party  (PDP) in the March 18 governorship election in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, with alleged vote-buying, conspiracy, bribery, and money laundering. In March, the Ogun State chairperson of the All Progressives Congress...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, again summoned the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, over a $53 million judgment debt arising from the Paris Club refunds. The presiding judge, Inyang Ekwo, mandated that the court will not hear Emefiele’s motion for stay until he appears before it. Emefiele...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said that it was collaborating with the Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) to develop standards for commodities. Director General of SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, stated this in Lagos stressed that Nigeria has various commodities that could be exported in a bid to grow...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Tuesday advised President Bola Tinubu to ensure a balance in his appointment of security chiefs and other top political positions, stressing that this would assist in stabilizing his administration. According to the religious group, it would be crucial for the appointments to reflect...

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has reserved ruling in the appeal by a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no case submission. The former governor, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their...

The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the November 11 governorship elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, and Imo states. INEC National  Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement released on Tuesday. He said...

  Polaris Bank has clarified that she did not violate any law in a recent disengagement of some staff which it said was done in line with the terms of the contract guiding their engagements The Bank was reacting to a report of the picketing of its headquarters by NUBIFIE...

A Nigerian-born British data management lead at the Bank of England, Abel Aboh, has been appointed to the board of the Data Lab Scotland, a leading innovation centre for data and artificial intelligence in Scotland, United Kingdom. Aboh is among the 20 new board members to oversee the centre’s Governance,...

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has confirmed the June 3 killing of a student of the Department of Metallurgical and Material Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Adekunle Agboola. Agboola was killed by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction when he tried to recover his friend’s phone which...